Oil-distributer.



J. NEUMANN.

OIL DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAI/16.1916.

1 ,226,905. Patented May 22,1917.

Q Q I (g1/wanton JOHN NEUMANN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

OIL-DISTRIBUTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application mea nay 1c, 191s. serial No. 97,924.

To all whom it may concern.' y

Be it known that I, JOHN NEUMANN, a citizen of Germany, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil-Distributers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to oil distributers and has for an object to provide a device for distributing a quantity or quantities of oil or a similar fluid over agitated waters to calm the same. s

The invention comprises more particularly a device for use on vessels at sea and to this end consists of a suitable receptacle containing a quantity of oil, the receptacle being adapted to be floated in the agitated waters of the sea adjacent a vessel such as life boat or the like.I the distribution of the oil over the water being adapted to calm the same sufficiently to permit of easy operation of the vessel over the water.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, win which vsimilar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, i

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken through the same, showing particularly the sealed inlet and outlet tubes and,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view showing an end of one of the tubes broken to permit of the passage of oil lor water.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a substantially cylindrical receptacle 10, having reduced ends 11, forming a part of the receptacle, the latter being divided by partition or wall 12 forming an oil chamber 13 and an air chamber 14. An inlet tube 15of glass is secured in the lower end 11 with its inner end 16 open and projecting into the chamber 13 and its outer end 17 sealed and lying exteriorly of the receptacle. Similarly an outlet tube 18 is secured in the upper end 11 and also preferably to the Wall12, the inner end 19 of the tube 18 extending into the oil chamber 13 and the outer end of the tube 18 being sealed at 2O and which end is disposed exteriorly of the receptacle 10. These tubes 15 and 18 may be secured in any convenient manner by gaskets 2l and a cap 22 is arranged `to inolose the sealed projecting end of the inlet tube 15, a similar capy 23 being ar ranged to normallyl inclose the sealed projecting end of the outlet tube 18, with the caps threaded to the gasket or to the body of the receptacle as desired. Suitable anchor rings 2li can be attached to the exterior of the receptacle for the purpose of anchoring the same in a desired position by means of suitable cable (not shown).

Now when a life boat or other vessel at sea has to operate'in agitated waters, the latter preventing to a large degree the proper advancement of the vessel through the Water, the operators of the boat or vessel remove the caps 22 and 23 from the lower and upper ends of the receptacle, respectively, and then by sharp blows break off the sealed ends 17, 20 of the glass inlet and outlet tubes 15 and 18. When this has been accomplished the receptacle is permitted to float upon the water adjacent the vessel, it being kept afloat on the water by the air in the air chamber 14, and it will be clearly apparent that the upright position of the receptacle, causing the lower end thereof to be submerged, will result in the water of thev sea entering the inlet tube 15 andthe chamber 13 lled with oil. This pressure of the water entering the oil cham ber will cause the oil to flow upwardly into the outlet tube 18 and due to the troubled condition of the water the oil will gradually ooze or flow out of the broken end of the outlet tube and be distributed over the surface of the water to calm the same. It will be clear that a relatively small amount of oil is necessary compared with the quan tity of surrounding water to accomplish the desired purpose and that a number of the devices described can be employed, if desired, in accordance with the prevailing con-- ditions. It is to be understood, that various slight changes may be made from the constructionshown in the drawings without departing from the spirit ofthe invention, and the scope of the invention as dened in the appended claims.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A11 oil distributer comprising a receptacle, a partition arranged within the receptacle and defining an air chamber and an oil containing chamber, and frangible inlet and outlet tubes having open inner eX- tremities communicating with the oil containing chamber, said tubes projecting exteriorly of the receptacle and being `normally sealed at their outer ends.

Q. An oil distributer comprising a receptacle for the oil, frangible inlet and outlet tubes communicating` with the interior of the receptacle and projecting exteriorly thereof, said tubes being normally sealed at their outer ends, and caps for normally iuclosing and protecting the sealed ends of said tubes.

An oil distributer comprising a receptacle, providing an air chamber and an oil containing chamber, and inlet and outlet tubes communicating with the oil chamber and having normally sealed ends projectn ing exteriorly of the receptacle, the sealed ends of said tubes being adapted to be broken to permit the inflow of water into the oil chamber and the outiiow of oil therefrom.

4. An oil distributer comprising a receptacle, providing` an air chamber and an oil containing chamber, inlet and outlet tubes communicating with the oil chamber and having normally sealed ends projecting eX- teriorly of the receptacle, the sealed ends of said tubes being adapted to be broken to permit ,the inflow of water into the oil chamber and the outflow of oil therefrom, and caps normally covering the projecting sealed ends of thetubes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN NEUMANN. lVitnesses:

A. Y. JENKINS, COURTENAY S. lVnn'roN.

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